谦辞

謙辭
qiāncí
  1. humble words
  2. self-deprecatory expression
  3. to modestly decline

CEDICT

  1. 谦虚的话。《后汉书．卷一三．隗嚣传》：「嚣不欲东，连遣使深持谦辞，言无功德，须四方平定，退伏闾里。」也作「谦词」。
  2. 谦让而推辞。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 谦 qiān modest
=2 辞 cí old variant of 辞 cí
=2 辞 cí
  1. to resign
  2. to dismiss
  3. to decline
  4. (literary) to take leave
  5. (archaic poetic genre) ballad
  6. variant of 词 cí

Related entries

谦让 qiānràng to modestly decline